Was it really just a year ago when the sky fell in??? ….. so to speak anyway.
The bulls have well and truly stamped their ground since July this year – we’ve seen investors here and in the U.S respond well to the latest reporting season and improving economic news. The US alone has recouped a stunning $5 trillion of paper value on the stock market since early March!
And on Friday afternoon, despite it being Quadruple Witching Hour where all stock-index options, index futures, individual stock options and individual stock futures in the U.S expire at the same time, fuelling investor nerves and market volatility, the Dow Jones closed at a new high for 2009. Read the rest of this entry
I’ve noticed particular brokers and fund managers lately talking buy recommendations that seem to be moving away from the low to mid cap stocks and back into the big blue chip companies. 
I have had quite a busy week talking with the lovely people of Port Macquarie about our 2 day Options Trading course in September, and I have been asked the same question several times, albeit in a slightly different wording each time. 
Traders and investors who consistently make money in the stock market don’t just rely on rising markets, they have strategies that allow them to benefit from sideways or down trending markets too.
